Monday, 17 December 2012

St. Albans District Councillors Beric Read and Simon Grover discuss how sustainable St. Albans city centre shops and businesses are and will be, and what the Council is doing to encourage the local shopping experience. Also with Claire McKeesh, of the local committee for St. Albans Fairtrade City. Lydia El-Khouri and Georgie Tovell present this Christmas show.

Monday, 3 December 2012

Marilyn Hawes of Enough Abuse and Professor Don Grubin discuss identifying and preventing "grooming" and other techniques used by sexual abusers. Also tell-tale signs of abuse in abuser's behaviour and that of the abused. NSPCC's ChildLine highlighted. With Lydia El-Khouri and Kathy Weston.

Sunday, 9 September 2012

Join Kathy Weston on this week's Parents' Show, giving you handfuls of helpful parenting tips. This week's topic is on the subject of vaccinations for children. Featuring Dr Halvorsen, author of 'The Truth about vaccines'.

Sunday, 2 September 2012

Join Lydia today on the Parent Show, giving you handfuls of helpful parenting tips, sidelined with popular music of today. This week's topic is on the subject of twins. Featuring Jenny Birling from St Albans Twins Club and Professor Tim Spector, the Director of the Department of Twin Research at King's College.

Wednesday, 22 August 2012

Join Kathy and Lydia on the Parent Show, giving you handfuls of helpful parenting tips, sidelined with popular music of today. This week's topic is on the subject of post-pregnancy bodies and the side effects and changes it produces.

Join Helen and Lydia on the Parent Show, giving you handfuls of helpful parenting tips, sidelined with popular music of today. This week's topic is on the subject of the condition commonly known as Glue-Ear.

Join Kathy and Lydia on the Parent Show, giving you handfuls of helpful parenting tips, sidelined with popular music of today. This week's topic is on the subject of sleep trouble with toddlers and babies and features Gina Ford to give advice.

Sunday, 5 August 2012

Join Kathy and Georgie on the Parent Show, giving you handfuls of helpful parenting tips, sidelined with popular music of today. This week's topic is on the subject of tackling ecologically-friendly consumerism.

On this week's parents' show, Kathy and Lorenza talk to Francesca Barber about various creative ways to get your children to be more adventurous with food. Also on the show is an interview with the CEO of the Slow Food Movement, Catherine Gazzoli.

Saturday, 30 June 2012

Join Kathy and Lorenza on the Parent Show, giving you handfuls of helpful parenting tips, sidelined with popular music of today. This week's topic is on the subject of teaching philosophy to children and its benefits. Joining them in this discussion is Rob Torrington from the organisation known as The Philosophy Foundation, Claire Bedford who is a educational psychologist. Plus, a recorded interview with Catherine Bickers, a mum from North London who took her children to a Philosophy Day.

Join Kathy and Lydia on the Parent Show every week on Thursday at 8:00pm, giving you handfuls of helpful parenting tips, sidelined with popular music of today. This week, they discuss the subject of pets.

Join Kathy and Lydia on the Parent Show every week on Thursday at 8:00pm! Giving you handfuls of helpful parenting tips, sidelined with popular music of today, this week's topic is on the cause and treatment of Plagiocephaly, also known as 'Flat Head Syndrome'.

Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Join Kathy and Lydia on the Parent Show every week on Thursday at 8:00pm! Giving you handfuls of helpful parenting tips, sidelined with popular music of today, this week's topic is on various methods of providing for your children.

On this week's parents' show, Trevor and Kathy dedicate the hour to an Olympic Special, to discuss how your children can be encouraged to participate in activities in the coming months. Special guests include Judy Murray, the current tennis Fed Cup Captain and Neil Burgess, a local dad and one of the Olympic torch bearers for Hertfordshire.

Thursday, 7 June 2012

On this week's parents' show, Lydia and Kathy talk to Sally Beaumont, the recruitment manager in Herts County Council for fostering and Alan, a local dad and foster parent of 3. Also in the studio is Margie Skinner, co-author of the book ' The Step-Outside Guide' and Claire Healy with news of the local goings-on.

Saturday, 26 May 2012

On this week's parents' show, Lydia and Kathy talk to Naomi Richards, a local Life Coach and author of the book 'The Parent's Toolkit". Also in the studio is Chris Dennis from Baby Years to talk about his new show.

The topic of this week's show is the programme PET (Parents Effectiveness Training). Joining Kathy and Lydia this week is PET qualified trainers Val Winfield and Anita Taylor and also Sanjay, a local dad who recently used the programme.

On this week's parents' show, we discuss complications in pregnancy, in particular "Hyperemesis" and "Obstetric Cholestasis". Lorenza and Georgie talk to Dr Lucy Mackillop, an expert in obstetric medicine, and Jenny Chambers from OC Support.

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

On this week's parents' show, we look at the topic of encouraging children to spend more time outside. Joining Trevor and Georgie to discuss this is Chris Hickman from the Woodland Trust, Sarah Blackwell from Forest Schools and Peter Bloomfield from Transition St Albans.

Thursday, 29 March 2012

On this week's parents' show, we look at the topic of parental attachment for babies and young children. Joining us for this discussion is Dr Suzanne Zeedyk (developmental psychologist) and Sally Graham, an 'early years learning' expert. Get the facts.

On this week's parents' show, we look at the topic of sex offending against children. Joining us for this discussion is Professor Don Grubin (Professor of Forensic Psychology at Newcastle University) and Chris Miller, retired former assistant Chief of Police, Hertfordshire. Get the facts.

Thursday, 15 March 2012

Tonight's show featured the highly acclaimed parenting guru Gina Ford. Gina talks to Kathy and Lydia about sleep issues in babies and young toddlers, answers listerners' questions and talks about her new publication "The Contented Mother's Guide'.

The show is concluded with Claire Healey's 'Raring 2 Go' guide of the hotspots in Hertfordshire.

This week on the Parents show, Kathy and Lydia talk about local provision for children who are gifted and individualistic as well as those with special needs including Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Aspergers Syndrome, ADHD or Speech and Language Delay. Specifically, they talk to Felicity Evans, founder of Naturekids, a small independent organisation providing specialist support for children through a holistic approach to health and education.

Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Did you know that 40% of parents with children under 5 have felt close to breaking point from the stress of family, 63% believe that stress can affect the relationship with their children and 93% understand the impact that this could have on the children's future? Well, Lydia and Kathy are here to help! This week is all about home support, for those parents who feel they can not cope. They have help to talk about this subject with the local charity Home Start St.Albans and have Sally Patterson, a volunteer to talk about her experience with the charity. They also interview Sarah, a local mum who has benefitted from the company.

Join Kathy and Lydia this week as they discuss same-sex parenting and its pros and cons.

They are joined to talk about this subject by James Taylor, a senior health officer at Stonewall as well as Sarah Haggerholds, who talks about her experience with being a same-sex parent. The show is concluded with Claire Healey's 'Raring 2 Go'.

Thursday, 16 February 2012

If this is topic is not familiar to you, consider yourself lucky. Anyone who has heard of it know what misery it brings to the children affected by it and the parents who have to deal with the symptoms. It's a condition that doesn't get a lot of attention and if undiagnosed can lead to weeks and months of distress at a pivotal time in babies development. They talk to Dr Sue Calvert and Tracey Guillet-Parks for an expert description and explanation of the condition, as well as some useful advice for dealing with it, and later on talk to two local mums Heidi Ward and Helen Furse about their personal experiences dealing with reflux.

Sunday, 12 February 2012

Join Kathy and Lydia during this show which highlights National Internet Safety week - joining the team to discuss the impact of gaming on our children are Carol Bennett, a Senior Advisor in ICT for Herts County Council and her colleague Ann Layzell who is an e-safety officer, both of whom do significant partnership work with schools in the County.

Dr Paul Howard Jones, a neuroscientist in the field of educational policy also features in the show. In his interview, he discusses the impact that computer games have on our children's brains and tackles the thorny issue of how parents should respond appropriately to the range of digital technologies which now feature in homes all over the country. His recent book on the subject covers both scientific fact and also his own personal experiences with his five children.

Kathy and Lydia are here this week to talk about the changes when dealing with the transition of going from primary school to secondary school. Joining them tonight is a local dad, Leo Chivers and his daughter Molly to hear their personal account of the subject. They also speak to Amanda Godfrey, the head teacher of Madeville primary school and finally Francis Button, a cabinet member at the Education and Skills committee at Hertfordshire County Council.

Tuesday, 17 January 2012

"Is my teen an alien?" Kathy is back with Lydia for this weeks session on teenagers. They discuss the psychological processes of the teenage mind, and the best methods to guide your child through the pubescent stage in a variety of situations.

Joining them is Dr Eva Hoffman, an independent educational consultant and the co-founder and director of Eva Hoffman Education. Also joining them is David Weston, a secondary school teacher from Watford Boys Grammar.

Lydia and Georgie kick off the new year with ideas and guests to help you regain your footing on your finances after the Christmas period and how to lose those gained pounds from the holidays with a discussion on diet and fulfilling new years resolutions.To help them, they are joined by Dominic Basalaya of KDW Associates for the finances, and Michelle Lake from Mission Nutrition to discuss diet.